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At Nearmap, we pride ourselves on our talented and high-performing employees. Women of Nearmap are highly valuable contributors to our overall growth and, together with their male counterparts, create a perfect team for success.

Today on International Women's Day, we'd like to celebrate two of Nearmap's executives who represent successful women in the STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics) sector - Leah Rankin, VP of Product & Engineering, and Sue Steel, VP of People & Culture.

We have asked them a few questions about their Nearmap journey and here is what they have shared with us.

What inspired you to work in the technology industry?

Leah Rankin: I am passionate about people, technology and delivering products to market that solve a problem or create an opportunity. I love working in this industry because it allows me to do just that. It’s fast paced & constantly changing, and you get to work with some exceptional people!

Sue Steel: Being part of a truly Australian, intelligent, fast paced company that believes in its product, engages its customers and allows flexibility to its staff to innovate, collaborate and “own it” is what inspired me to work in this industry.

How do you define success?

Leah Rankin: As a leader, success comes from having a highly effective team – a team that is diverse, has common goals and shared ambitions, values open and honest communication, and most importantly can have fun and enjoy what they do. As the VP of Product & Engineering, success comes from delivering a great product that our customers love.

Sue Steel: Success means numerous things to numerous people. I define success by knowing what you are doing is helping others and yourself lead a better, healthier, happier life. I also believe plain old hard work, perseverance and loving what you do to achieve the outcome you desire attributes to success and lastly, teamwork. Henry Ford said it so well when he said, “coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success."

What are you doing to improve gender equality at Nearmap?

Leah Rankin: I am very proud of the fact we have so many women at Nearmap, representing all teams from Product, Technology and Engineering through to Sales and Finance. But we can of course always do more. I am lucky enough to be connected with some amazing women in the industry, and I believe it’s important to maintain these connections and do what we can to encourage and support women wanting to work in this industry.

Sue Steel: I am really proud of the women that we have at Nearmap. We are improving gender equality in ways, such as, advertising roles on female board sites for engineers. Additionally, we have doubled the women in the executive team from 1 to 2 in the last 2 months, as well as, 30% of all roles in the past 8 months have gone to females (9 out of 30). These are all good initiatives we have in place at Nearmap and we are always looking at ways that we can improve and truly welcome suggestions.

When you’re conducting business development, retail planning, property assessment, or tracking a construction project, seeing historical aerial imagery of your site location over time reveals a story you never could have seen from the ground.

When you’re conducting business development or retail planning, since it’s all about location, you’d think that having your feet on the ground at the potential site is the most logical way to assess the area and gather important insights. You might want to think again.

This paper intends raise awareness that stunningly detailed images are available and easy to access, and everything you need for incorporating them with geospatial data into your presentations and reports is easily achieved for communicating your clearest views.

communication to the public is vital to the success of major infrastructure projects that involve disruptive construction and require stakeholder support. Increase in communication efficiency can be achieved through various methods, but the end goal is to enable people to get a visual feel of the project and “see” the bigger picture.

Australia is in the midst of a massive facelift as it prepares for a population boom. Perth has added a new business district at Elizabeth Quay and Sydney, Melbourne and Brisbane continue to rapidly expand outwards, inwards and upwards. With Australia’s impending “population boom”, which will see our nation grow to approximately 39.7 million within the next four decades, it is unsurprising that the nation is transforming rapidly to meet future needs.

This insightful article written by Jacob Harris via [Plumbing Connection][1] compares the use of satellite imagery versus high resolution aerial imagery. This article also explores Roth Plumbing's operating transformation with the employment of up to date, high resolution aerial imagery.

Read how Yarra Valley Water deployed nearmap for its field maintenance division and settled disputes faster and more efficiently. It minimised revenue lost through compensation payouts and greatly improved customer satisfaction. The company also eliminated a range of travel and inspection costs, enhanced maintenance and planning operations, and cut site visits by 20% by using nearmap to provide clear and detailed visibility into its on-the-ground assets.

nearmap's high resolution aerial images reveal the remarkable progress of Oran Park over the last year, which is predicted to be home to 25,000 residents in the near future. Oran Park will be crucial in supporting Sydney's fast growing population.

Articles recently published in [WA News][0], [The Age][1] and [smh][2] uses nearmap images to illustrate the devastation the fire has wreaked on this small community. These same images can be used by all those involved in the reconstruction of Yarloop to better plan and monitor its progress.

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